February 19, 2018 | 22:32 (GMT+7)
Deputy Defense Minister extends Tet greetings to border guards
PANO – Senior Lieutenant General Le Chiem, Deputy Defense Minister on February 18 paid a working visit to the Border Guard Command.
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Leaders of the Border Guard Command welcome Senior Lieutenant General Le Chiem. |
At the meeting, Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Border Guard Commander, briefed General Chiem upon the situations on border areas across the country and task implementation of the border guards during the 2018 Lunar New Year festival (Tet).
Accordingly, the border guards cooperated well with relevant forces to ensure social order and security along the borderline, while presenting 26,000 gifts to poor border households to help them celebrate a warm Tet holiday.
While wishing the border guards a happy Lunar New Year, General Chiem requested the Vietnam Border Guard Command to continuously improve its troops’ political stance and vigilance to maintain the border security and firmly protect the national sovereignty.
Source: bienphong.com.vn
Translated by Van Hieu